Raikkonen set the best time of the day on a short run with the soft tyre during the afternoon running, which was extended by 30 minutes to make up for a delay caused by track repairs around lunchtime.
Toro Rosso continued its good form as Jean-Eric Vergne took fifth spot for a second consecutive day.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes W04), who was limited by brake failures to only 15 laps Wednesday, got another go at his new car, recording a total of 145 laps. His best time was the sixth fastest of day, putting him just in front of Sergio Pérez, who replaced him at McLaren.
Valtteri Bottas was eighth for Williams as the Finn brought last year’s FW34 to the end of its frontline career.
The extra time seemed to be a blessing in disguise for Ferrari (which had lost all of its morning running when the F138 came to smoky halt). Test driver Pedro de la Rosa had completed just two laps as he aimed to learn as much information as possible to take back to the team’s simulator in Maranello and had to wait until the afternoon to get back on track. He managed complete 51 laps by the end of the day with a best time of 1:20.316.
Charles Pic completed an impressive 109 laps in the Caterham after suffering technical issues on Thursday and finished 0.121s ahead of Luiz Razia in the Marussia. Di Resta rounded off the timesheets with a 1:23.435 as he spent his afternoon focusing on heavier fuel after taking over the Force India from Bianchi.
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